Species distribution models

Variations of environmental niche breadth, range sizes, and geographic exclusion with bat species richness

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More species-rich communities are often assumed to contain more specialist species with narrower niches and smaller ranges. …
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Hunting and habitat destruction drive widespread functional declines of top predators in a global deforestation hotspot

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We investigated the effects of habitat destruction and hunting on the functional decline of top predators, specifically jaguar and …
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Recent Sociocultural Changes Reverse the Long-Term Trend of Declining Habitat Availability for Large Wild Mammals in Europe

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People have strongly influenced the biosphere for millennia, but how their increasing activities have shaped wildlife distribution …
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The Best of Two Worlds: Using Stacked Generalisation for Integrating Expert Range Maps in Species Distribution Models

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Species distribution models (SDMs) are powerful tools for assessing suitable habitats across large areas and at fine spatial …
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Understanding habitat selection of range-expanding populations of large carnivores: 20 years of grey wolves (Canis lupus) recolonizing Germany

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The non-stationarity in habitat selection of expanding populations poses a significant challenge for spatial forecasting. Focusing …
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Partitioning the effects of habitat loss, hunting and climate change on the endangered Chacoan peccary

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Land-use change and overexploitation are major threats to biodiversity, and climate change will exert additional pressure in the …
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Widespread habitat for Europe's largest herbivores, but poor connectivity limits recolonization
Several large-mammal species in Europe have recovered and recolonized parts of their historical ranges. Knowing where suitable habitat …
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Changing patterns of conflict between humans, carnivores and crop-raiding prey as large carnivores recolonize human-dominated landscapes
Large carnivores are making remarkable comebacks in Europe, but how this affects human-wildlife conflict remains unclear. Rebounding …
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Humans rather than Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) shape ungulate browsing patterns in a temperate forest
The recolonization of human-dominated landscapes by large carnivores has been followed with considerable scientific interest; however, …
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Large carnivore range expansion in Iberia in relation to different scenarios of permeability of human‐dominated landscapes

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Large carnivores are currently recolonizing parts of their historical ranges in Europe after centuries of persecution and habitat …
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